Taxation (Beer and Ale) Act 1677

IV. Reasons for this Enactment.

Commissioners of Excise to keep apart One-fifth of the Duties paid; Auditor and Comptroller of Excise to keep distinct Accounts thereof.; Commissioners to pay the same into the Exchequer.

And to the intent that your Majestie may be enabled to raise the summe of Two hundred thousand pounds upon Credit in case Your Majestyes extraordinary Occasions shall require the same And that the said summe with the Interest thereof may be well and sufficiently secured. And forasmuch as the moneys ariseing by thisX1 cannot be conveniently distinguished and sett apart from other moneys payable to Your Majestie by vertue of the former Acts of Excise Bee it enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That from and after the said Fower and twentyeth day of June dureing the continuance of this Act the Commissioners and Governours of Excise at the Head Office in London or the major part of them doe seperate and keepe apart from the rest of the moneys received or to be received for the Duty of Excise One full Fifth part of the whole Receipt as the same shall become due and be paid into the said Office of Excise by the Farmers or Commissioners of the said Duty or any other person or persons authorized to collect and pay in the same, Of all which payments of the said Fifth part the Auditor and Comptroller of the Excise for the time being or their respective Deputyes shall keepe a perfect: and distinct Account in Bookes fairely written as the same shall come in, And the said Commissioners and Governours of the Excize for the time being or the major part of them are hereby required and strictly enjoyned from time to time to pay all such moneys by them soe received and sett apart as aforesaid into Your Majestyes Receipt of the Exchequer.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Act O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]